Revival of Hand Spinning and Weaving in Westmoreland
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First-person account by Albert Fleming of reviving hand spinning and hand-weaving of linen in the Westmorland (Lake District) dales in the 1880s, inspired by Wordsworth and John Ruskin. He describes teaching local women to spin, having spinning wheels copied by the village carpenter, and setting up the St. Martin's spinning house at Elterwater. He also covers reviving an old linen loom, hiring a weaver, beginning weaving on Easter Monday 1884, bleaching the cloth on the grass, and the venture's commercial success as Langdale linen. Illustrated with engravings of the village, the spinners (the "Three Fates"), a spinning wheel, and the loom.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- February 1889
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 7
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